Saw-relief-mechanism for saw-mills



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W. M. WILKIN. SAW RELE1 MEGHANISM FOR SAW MILLS.

Patented Oct. 9,1883.

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xArmar Priene WILLIAM M. YVILKIN, OF EAST SAGINAV, MICHIGAN.

SAWRELIEFM ECHANLSM FOR SAW-lVllLLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part vof Leiters Patent No. 286,356, dated october e, lese.

Application filed April 1S, 1883.

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' arbor. B is the main drivingbelt pulley.' C

Beit known that I, WILLIAM M. XVILKIN, a is the saw. D is the rag-shaft. E E E are citizen of the United States, residing ,at East Saginaw, in the `county of Saginaw and State of Michigan, have :invented certain new and useful Improvements in Saw-Relief Mechanism' for Sawdliills; and I do hereby, declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description v of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertai ns to make and use the same.

This invention relates to circular saw-mills; and it consists in providing means for relieving thesaw from too great frictionon the side of the cant both while ysawing and whilegi gging, and thereby preventing what is called l burning the center of the saws.

When a large circular saw is made hot by friction on its side, by rubbing upon the cant it becomes (lished, and if this occurs while sawing it causes the saw to deviate and make had work, and the more it deviates the greater becomes the friction upon its center, and of course it becomes lstill more heated. Then,

2,5 again, a saw will often be sprung while at work and cnt out of line, but would recover itself if the uneveness inthe side of the cant thus caused could pass the saw center without causing undue friction. v

It is the object, therefore, of this invention to provide means for relieving the saw from this friction, and this is accomplished by al lowing its arbor to have aV slight longitudinal movement, thus giving` the saw a slight latteral play. This longitudinal movement of the saw-arbor is opposed by a spring, so that it will only admit the'saw to move laterally when the pressure is sufficient to overcome the spring; and devices are also provided so that the sawyer may move the saw-arbor longitudinally at pleasure; and I also provide means whereby thcsawyer may throw the saw to one side whenever the gigging of the carriage 0ccurs.

My device is shown in the accompanying drawings, as follows: i

Figure l is a top or plan vi ew of the frame on which the saw is mounted. ,The lograrriage isnot shown. Fig. 2 is a side view of 5o the sawyers feed and gig lever.

A A A is the frame or husk. B is the sawthe feed and gig frictions. c, e', e, el, and e* are the levers for shifting the frictions. b is a lever,which collars onto the arbor, andis arranged to move the arbor longitudinally. S is a spring, which holds the lever b, so as to keep the arbor forward. b is a bar ext-ending from the lever b to a point adjacent to the sawyers feeding and gigging lever e4, where it is provided Vwith a face at an angle to the plane in which the lever e* vibrates. b2 is a blocken the lever 6*, which has an inclined face corresponding with that on the bar b. b3 is a hand grip-lever on the lever c, by which the block b2 can be raised up or let down atthe ate the arbor-lever b, and the same or similar devices can be used regardless of the kind of feed and gig devices employed. The lever b is operated by alongitudinal movement of the bar b', and this is obtained by allowing the block bAZ to act on the inclined surface of the bar b as the lever e4 is drawn baclgwhich will shove the bar bA away from lever e, and so move the lever b into the position shown by dotted'lines. VThis gearing is only used when thesawyer desires to draw the saw awayfrom the face of the cant when gigging the carriage. When the saw is not so drawn back, it is free to be pushed back by the action of the cant upon it when gigging.

While the saw is feeding, if for any reason it is detected or deman, n win not bind, as,

with Vthe saw C, of' an arbor, B, mounted, as

shown, to have longitudinal play, the lever Z),

collared on said arbor, and adapted, as shown,

to move it longitudinally, the spring S, connected with said lev er, and operating, as shown,

to flexibly hold said arbor at one extremityof Ico its longitudinal traverse.

2. In a circularsaw mill, the combination,

with the saw C, of an arbor, B, mounted, as In testimony whereof I affix my signature in IO shown, to have longitudinal play, the lever Z1, presence of two Witnesses.- i collared on said arbor,and adapted, as shown,

' to move it longitudinally, the spring1 S, eon- VILLIAM M. VILKIN.

5 neeted with said lever, and operating, as shown,

to flexibly hold said arbor at one extremity of Vitnesses: its longitudinal traverse, and means, substan- JNO. K. HALLOCK,

- tially asshown, for moving said lever from the RoB'r. H. .PORTER.

feed and giglever et. l 

